Palo Rain Looms as Cedar Rapids Evacuations Expand
As Palo floodwaters rise Cedar Rapids opens Roosevelt Middle School to evacuees and residents rush to secure homes. Gov. Culver warns the situation is serious while officials urge rapid local communication for faster aid. Residents prepare by packing up and moving valuables to upper levels.
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Cedar Rapids
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First Street
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Culver
Flooding notes Linn County help line and shelter updates
Linn County Cedar Rapids sets 24 hour non emergency flood help line at (319) 286 5770 answered by police. Red Cross shelter opens at Roosevelt Middle School Cedar Rapids. Volunteers needed to move items to higher levels call (319) 378 0337. Bridge and boat ramp closures listed. Animal Shelter closed to public. fire department transports staff by boat to care for animals daily.
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13Th St. NW
Palo
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First Ave
Servethecity.org
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Robbins Lake Park
Ellis Boulevard
Otis Road
44Th Street
Bertram Road
Cedar Bend Lane
Riverside Drive
Ellis Lane
16Th Street
Ellis Road
F Avenue
Ely
Fire Department
Red Cross Shelter Opens in Johnson County Iowa
Johnson County American Red Cross shelter opens at Johnson County Fairgrounds Iowa City with help hotlines for sandbagging. Volunteer sandbaggers urged in Iowa City Coralville and road closures and boating restrictions updated across the region. University flood relief efforts coordinated at Clapp Recital Hall and J Museum of Art closed with summer opera performances canceled.
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Coralville
Camp Cardinal Blvd
Highway 6
Foster Road
Dubuque Street
Rocky Shore Drive
Park Road
Edgewater Drive
Fourth Avenue
Fifth Street
Johnson County
River Junction Road
Sand Road
Black Hawk Avenue
Black Diamond Road
Izaak
Amana Road
Sandy Beach Road
140Th Street
Naples Avenue
Hoosier Creek Road
Coralville Dam
Hills
520Th St
River Junction
Iowa River
Hills Blacktop
Mehaffey Bridge
University of Iowa
Clapp Recital Hall
Museum of Art
Northeast Iowa volunteers sandbag drive begins at 8 a.m.
Volunteers are asked to help sandbag in Palo starting at 8 a.m. today at the Palo Community Center. Red Cross shelters open at the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School in Vinton and at the University of Northern Iowa facilities in Cedar Falls. Road closures span multiple highways including 150, 218, 27, 63, 57, 13, 56, 220, 21, 24, and 92 across Vinton, Independence, Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Tama, Amana, Belle Plaine, Fort Atkinson, and Columbus Junction.
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G Ave
Vinton
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Waterloo
University Avenue
Commercial Street
Cedar Falls
Elkader
Tama
Bremer
Chickasaw
South Amana
West Amana
Belle Plaine
Fort Atkinson
Columbus Junction
Spelling and McDermott Welcome Daughter Stella Doreen
Actress Tori Spelling and husband Dean McDermott welcomed their second child Stella Doreen McDermott at a Los Angeles hospital. The birth marks Spelling’s second child and McDermott’s third, adding a 6 pound 8 ounce daughter to their family.
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Tori Spelling
Dean McDermott
Beverly Hills
McDermott
Stella Doreen McDermott
Los Angeles
Judge bars 50 Cent from selling Long Island property
A New York judge ordered 50 Cent not to dispose of the Long Island property where a $2.4 million house burned last month. Justice Carol Edmead also required the rapper to place insurance proceeds in a trust while resolving a dispute with ex-girlfriend Shaniqua Tompkins, who says he promised her a house a decade ago.
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Associated Press
New York
50 Cent
Long Island
Supreme Court
Carol Edmead
Shaniqua Tompkins
Tompkins
Birthdays for Wilder Dee Barbeau Bergman Laurie Among Notables
Actress Adrienne Barbeau turns 75 as actor Gene Wilder and actor Peter Bergman share today’s notable birthdays. Singers and actors including Joey Dee and Hugh Laurie are also celebrated this day with fans remembering their classic roles.
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Gene Wilder
Joey Dee
Adrienne Barbeau
Peter Bergman
Young and the Restless
Hugh Laurie
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